A transit peptide-like sorting signal at the C terminus directs the bienertia sinuspersici preprotein receptor toc159 to the chloroplast outer membrane

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1560-1578

  Lung, Shiu Cheung ^a   Chuong, Simon D X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 84861670991     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.096248     Document Type: Article

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